A Quinnipiac University poll dated April 15, 2009, shows that in Southeast Florida, 76% of respondents opposed extending state legislative term limits from eight to 12 years. According to the executive summary, "Opposition is strong among all political groups and throughout the state."This is right in line with a 2010 poll that suggests that 78 percent of Americans support term limits on the U.S. Congress, including 84 percent of Republicans and 74 percent of Democrats and independents.
In 2010 in Cape Canaveral, voters imposed 8-year term limits on their mayor and council members by a 70-30% margin.
Closer to home, citizen opposition in West Palm Beach shot down Mayor Lois Frankel's attempt to get around her city's popular eight-year term limit last year.
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